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David Akin does much good work. He tracks spending announcements and I have seen him step up and take a contrary position to his tribe if he felt strongly something was over the line.
Bear with me, this has a point ... https://twitter.com/subvoyeur/status/1296676766099156995
Bear with me, this has a point ... https://twitter.com/subvoyeur/status/1296676766099156995
The good guys in the conservative camp, of which he may be one, are trying to balance one big thing (political ideology) against another big thing (journalistic integrity) and are struggling. We can all see it. WE has been like a spotlight on more than the government.
I had a brief exchange with a conservative journalist yesterday which has had me thinking all night. I was asked whether I could see the inherent hubris in the Liberals, and did I think maybe the problem was that they felt they could step over the line because of their belief ...
... that they *must* remain in power to SAVE the country (paraphrasing, he used better words) and that they were uniquely qualified to do so.
My reply was yes, that was probably true, but was equally true for the conservatives and that whomever was elected their leader would ...
My reply was yes, that was probably true, but was equally true for the conservatives and that whomever was elected their leader would ...
... inevitably have the same hubris, the same belief that only their political philosophy could SAVE Canada.
While it's always been true that each side believes their philosophies are best, it always used to be about making the country BETTER.
What's changed? The stakes.
While it's always been true that each side believes their philosophies are best, it always used to be about making the country BETTER.
What's changed? The stakes.
We're at a crossroads. Not just in Canada and not just because of COVID. Covid just hurried up the timeline, highlighted the stakes more clearly.
At this crossroad, Canada is either going to take a fairly radical new direction or fold back into the old groove and wait it out.
At this crossroad, Canada is either going to take a fairly radical new direction or fold back into the old groove and wait it out.
That "radical new direction" is the problem. That's the stakes. And yes, they're very high. They'd almost do anything (the nearly comic desperation of Mr. Poilievre is testament) to be the ones to write whatever changes are coming because ... yes, hubris.
The conversation with my journalist friend was triggered by an "end justifies the means" sort of exchange. Which is exactly where the heart of this whole point beats.
Do the Liberals believe it so important to stay in power to SAVE Canada that they might bend rules?
Maybe.
Do the Liberals believe it so important to stay in power to SAVE Canada that they might bend rules?
Maybe.
Would the conservatives bend rules to get back in power so they can SAVE Canada? Maybe.
Would the "Liberal/conservative press" aid in that endeavour. Maybe.
I don't mean by lying or misleading. What I mean is more complicated and I'm about to be called in for my eye exam. ...
Would the "Liberal/conservative press" aid in that endeavour. Maybe.
I don't mean by lying or misleading. What I mean is more complicated and I'm about to be called in for my eye exam. ...
The point is that Canada has never been in such a high stakes poker game before. It never felt so critical that the right decisions get made. The opposition always wanted power, but now they feel they *need* it to SAVE Canada.
This is a bit of a battle for the heart of a nation.
This is a bit of a battle for the heart of a nation.
It's true, too. The stakes here are very very high.
Everyone is trying to SAVE Canada and people will do extreme things under those sorts of circumstances.
Ugh. What a hack job is this tweet. This is actually a big thing that deserves better. But I think I made my point.
Everyone is trying to SAVE Canada and people will do extreme things under those sorts of circumstances.
Ugh. What a hack job is this tweet. This is actually a big thing that deserves better. But I think I made my point.
Oh yeah. This is why if the NDP pull a "not good enough" trick and topple this government or disallow forward movement, it's probably game over for progress for a very long while.
Can someone send them that memo?
Again, apologies, this is terribly organized.
Can someone send them that memo?
Again, apologies, this is terribly organized.
My daughter just texted me.
... Remember when I was a kid and we used to get into those 'here let me see' "fights" over how to figure something out and we'd end up laughing at how we were both so sure we could figure it out better? It's like that only no laughing.
... Remember when I was a kid and we used to get into those 'here let me see' "fights" over how to figure something out and we'd end up laughing at how we were both so sure we could figure it out better? It's like that only no laughing.
